Grammy-winning rapper Cardi B was arraigned Tuesday on new felony charges in connection with a fight last year at a New York City strip club.
She didn’t speak to reporters as she entered and left the courthouse, but waved at a small crowd of fans who shouted her name and took video on their cellphones.
The police have said 26-year-old Cardi B, and her entourage argued with a bartender at Angels Strip Club.
They say a fight broke out in which chairs, bottles and hookah pipes were thrown, causing minor injuries to the woman and another employee.
Cardi B had originally only been charged with misdemeanors. Prosecutors presented the case to a grand jury after she rejected a plea deal that would have given her a conditional discharge.
Two other defendants in the case who allegedly participated in the brawl also pleaded not guilty Tuesday to similar charges.
The judge set Sept. 9 as the next court date, but the rapper does not have to appear.
